Crohn's Disease Diet

Summary:A Crohn's disease
diet can be determined for you, but is not the same for everyone. There
is no one Crohn's disease diet that will work for everyone but beginning
with some common food eliminations that all patients will follow and following up with a food allergy
test, your plan becomes more specific for you. Adding all natural supplements to your treatment plan, it is possible to restore the health, balance and efficiency of your gastrointestinal system to maximize your chances of completely
eliminating this condition.

Crohn's Disease Diet

A Crohn's disease diet doesn't actually
exist because the diet best for you is different than for another
Crohn's disease patient. You can determine your specific Crohn's
disease diet by following initial dietary restrictions common to all patients and then fine tune it with the
results of a food allergy test. It is possible to learn
the foods to avoid and that means almost all other foods can be eaten.

Eliminating Crohn's disease with diet alone
is rare, so one must understand that other variables can contribute to Crohn's disease.

Learn a step-by-step treatment plan that addresses
all the variables a patient should be concerned about. Described in a free Crohn's/Colitis report, available for download at the
bottom of this page are descriptions of all the variables necessary to
take into consideration in order to conquer Crohn's disease. The
first five
variables apply to all patients. Additional variables will be necessary
to address in a step-by-step manner
for more difficult patients.

Crohn's Disease Variables

Nine separate variables may complicate one's understanding of how to
treat Crohn's disease. The reason for your symptoms will be found
within them. The
first four are altered levels of beneficial bacteria, possible presence
of bad bacteria, yeast or parasites, lack of digestive enzymes and
imbalanced bowel chemistry. Everyone addresses them as well as eliminating all dairy products as described how to do below in the Crohn's/Colitis free report. Note that the
last five variables are all diet related.

Crohn's Disease Diet

Intolerances to Dairy Products

Dairy
products may be the most important of all foods for a Crohn's disease patient to eliminate. This food
group must be eliminated for anyone suffering from Crohn's disease or
any uncomfortable symptoms associated with your
gastrointestinal system. This is a 100% elimination.

All dairy products such as all cheese, milk, ice cream, sour cream, cream cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt and kefir must be
eliminated from your diet. Butter is the exception, it's pure fat and usually is not responsible for your symptoms. Eat it if you choose to do so. Read all
labels looking for five words: milk, cheese, lactose (milk sugar) and whey and casein (milk proteins).

Intolerances to Gluten Containing Foods

An additional important dietary elimination to conquer Crohn's disease is the
elimination of all foods that contain gluten. Gluten has quickly become recognized in the last number of years as a food
group that is now well known to be pro inflammatory and the growing amount of gluten
free foods in
the grocery store is proof. Gluten can cause many
different
gastrointestinal symptoms as well as many others and its elimination many times solves numerous health concerns. Not all patients need to eliminate
gluten when trying to figure out their Crohn's disease diet.
Many patients, with or without Crohn's disease may benefit from
eliminating it from their diet.

Gluten is contained in any foods made from wheat, barley and rye. Details on exactly how to eliminate gluten can be found in the free Crohn's/Colitis report.

Intolerances to Fructose Containing Foods

If the above diet eliminations and the all natural supplements don't begin to resolve your Crohn's disease, some patients may also need to eliminate all fructose containing
foods. Not just fruit, it means all foods that
contain fructose. A little recognized food group that has been
found in the last 10-15 years to be increasingly responsible for
gastrointestinal complaints. Most traditionally trained medical doctors
completely ignore this as a possible variable that contributes to symptoms.

The main symptoms that suggest a patients has a fructose intolerance can be pain, gas and
bloating, loose bowels or inconsistent bowel behavior (good days and bad
days). A patient can have 1, 2, 3 or all 4 of these symptoms if
they have a fructose intolerance.

Celiac Disease

Celiac Disease, which can only be diagnosed through colonoscopy or bloodwork, is a condition where an allergic response takes
place in the
small intestine and wears away the villi that line the small intestine. These villi are responsible for the
large surface area for absorption. Without them,
many gastrointestinal symptoms may occur.

For celiac patients, complete elimination of all gluten containing
foods as described above is necessary and must be combined with understanding if gluten containing foods are processed on the same
equipment as non-gluten containing foods. This is cross contamination and is important for celiac patients to know. Celiac patients must also be concerned with
hidden gluten in items such as makeup, lotions, hair products. Complete lists of
these products can be found online.

Cross contamination or hidden gluten is not a concern for patients not
diagnosed with celiac disease who simply eliminate gluten because of
trying to
determine their Crohn's disease diet.

Possible Food Allergies

Allergies to a food is different than an intolerance to food. Intolerances are difficulties digesting food and happen within the digestive system. Allergies
are immune system responses that happen in the blood stream. It is possible to be allergic to a food group or
food from that group, but not intolerant of them. It is possible to be intolerant of a food or food
group, but not allergic to them. You can be both
intolerant and allergic to any given food or food group.

It is
impossible to differentiate between the two and learn what foods you are
allergic to without a food allergy test. Intolerances might be determined
by trial and error elimination of any food or food group. If you see a change in
your symptoms, you might have learned something by that elimination. You also might be wrong.

So, any or all of the above variables may need to be addressed for you
to completely eliminate your symptoms as there isn't an exact Crohn's disease diet that can be recommended to everyone. You're
different than the next person, aren't you?

It's too complex of an issue for just dietary change, but you can
determine your specific diet for Crohn's disease by
understanding what not to eat. By understanding the foods to avoid, almost all else
is OK to eat and we ultimately design your personal Crohn's disease diet.

Have you tried some of these dietary eliminations with no success? Many
have, but it is a planned step-by-step process of elimination of these
foods while we utilize all-natural supplements to re-establish
beneficial bacterial balances and restore proper chemistry that is the
strength of Dr. Dahlman's Crohn's disease diet treatment. Not all patients need to eliminate all of the food groups
mentioned and any elimination may or may not be permanent.

Dr. Dahlman can personally design the exact diet for you that is necessary to eliminate this condition. Don't suffer!

Please fill out the form below to receive a copy of Dr. Dahlman's free
report on how you can conquer Crohn's disease with his all natural treatment utilizing his step-by-step process, temporary
dietary eliminations and an all natural supplement program.